The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-15
THE LAKE REGION.
A Bit of Interesting Matters from Tav-
ares

A Bit of Interesting Matters from Tav-
ares.
| TAVAREs, FLA, Dec. 14.-The approach
of the holidays has stimulated business in
the lake region and dealers in Christmas
goods are having a fair trade. Orange
growers have been sending some Of their
choicest fruit to market and returns from
| sale of the same are generally satisfactory.
There has been some large sales of fruit to
Northern buyers during the past two weeks,
| the aggregate being several carloads at from
81 IS to 50 25 per box The recent cold,
while it injured did not destroy the vege-
table crop, and snap beans are still being
shipped North from in and around Tavares.
The area of land planted this year in early
vegetables is larger than ever before, and
growers are far from feeling respondent
| over the situation.
At the last meeting of the Board of Coun-
| ty Commissioners for Lake county an APP
preparation of 81 900 was made for the Sub
| Tropical Exposition, and while the amount
is not as large as many of our people would
liked to have had it, still with the we'll
known liberality of the people of Lake
county to donate their choicest products to
fairs we predict such a showing as will
not be excelled by any other portion of the
State.
THERE is A LULL BEFORE THE STORM
in the county seat question. The election
held in October demonstrated that the
choice of the majority of the people was
pretty equally divided between Tavares and
Leesburg, the former place leading in the
race. 1t is difficult to predict what the re-
suit OF the next election, which is to be held
JAM II, will be. There is a sort of "dog in
the manager" feeling INDUCED i'll by some
disappointed aspirants that may prevent
decision of the veXed question at the next
election. The subject is rarely spoken of by
any one, and by general consent the discus
sion both private and public is postponed
until after the holidays
RAILROAD MATTERS
have assumed a new interest within the
past few days Work ON the Tavares,
Apopka and Gulf road was suspended about
three weeks ago, and considerable anxiety
has been felt by business men here as to
wheen it would be resumed. The officials
of the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
railroad went over the line of road Monday
in their private car, and it is also reported
they made an inspection of the Midland
road. Both roads are directly tributary to
the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key VEST
railroad, and if controlled by ii would fur
nish large amount of freight which is now
divided among the several lines centering
here.
The action of the State Railroad Commits
sioners in reducing fares and freight rates
meets with both approval and condemna-
ton The feeling is gaining ground that
the Commissioners have been unwise and
hasty in their action. That the whole ques-
ton is some sort of political job admits of
but little doubt, and within the past two
weeks we have heard some of the most en-
thusiastic approvers of the law when first
passed express grave doubts as to the good
10 accrue either to the public or to the State.
The names of some disappointed political
aspirahts are getting mixed up with the
affair, and the more knowing ones predict
an effort to capture the next Governorship
of Florida out of the measure.
HON. JOHN G. SINCLAIR, OF ORLANDO,
who has recently returned from his summer
visit to New Hampshire, was in town last
Saturday He informs us that Hon Frank
Jones will soon be here and we expect as
the result some revival of business for this
particular locality. There are fully as
many, if not more, strangers here every
day than ever before. and from none of
them do we hear the fear of coming on ac-
count of the late fever epidemic in Key
West and Tampa. There is no scare such
as has been reported, and the only draw
back to larger travel into Florida than at
any previous year is the higher rate of fare
charged as compared with the rate to Cali
fornia, still with the increased facilities for
comfort in coming here it is safe to predict
a larger tourist travel than ever before
The Lake Abstract Company has just
opened an Office here From the manager
it is learned that the records show large
cancellatio-. of mortgages, and that but few
new ones are being executed. This state of
affairs is more particularly the case in the
western portion of the county around Lees
burg.
The Peninsula Hotel here has been leased
for year to party from Michigan, and
will open under its new management about
Jan. T. The lessee is said to be an expe-
rienced hotel man, and as the Peninsula
only needs to be well kept to be well patron
lied, we trust the reputation of its future
landlord has not been overestimated.
One of the new stores i'll the Jones block
has been rented and a dry-goods store
of the first class will be opened about Dec 90